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Citizens Confront WellPoint: Poster Child for Health Insurance Reform

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Citizens will pay a visit today to WellPoint's Indianapolis headquarters to protest the giant insurance company's abusive practices and its opposition to real health care reform.

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Despite Decriminalization Law Attendees Get Ticketed At Boston Pro-Pot Rally

The Boston Globe | September 19, 2009 06:19 PM | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marijuana Decriminalization, Boston, Pro-Pot Rally, Marijuana, Police, Protest, Decriminalization, Massachusetts, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

The new law decriminalizes possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. But that did not stop police from handing out handfuls of $100 tickets when ...

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Conservative Protesters Show Their Liberal Side on the Streets of D.C.

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington DC, Glenn Beck, Conservatives, Health Care, Tea Party, Protest, Politics News

At this point the fears of white conservative America go beyond losing elections. They're losing the country, losing the culture and losing the future. Hence the three-ring circus that is American democracy in 2009.

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Reporter Arrested While Photographing Protest at Army Experience Center

Rob Kall | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Media, The Army Experience Center, Journalism, Protest, Media News

It is a frightening situation when the press can't cover arrests of peaceful protesters when they are turned into political prisoners. The police should be disciplined for their actions.

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The Power of Protest

Toby Barlow | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Health Care, Protest, Politics News

My heart sank when I saw the thousands out protesting health care reform in the Washington today.

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Activists Protest Deutsche Bank Golf Tournament

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust Golf Tournament, Steve Meacham, Protest, Clvu, Golf Tournament, Ee, Politics News

Deutsche Bank holds the record in Massachusetts for the most evictions of any bank. It is responsible for 17 percent of all evictions in the state, according to activists at the protest.

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Crunch Time for the Democrats

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Leaders of the liberal wing of the party -- not necessarily the elected leadership of the House -- must use their powers of persuasion and their skills in compromise to sway the debate in favor of change, most critically with progressive voters.

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Dust-Up in Toronto

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: "Bleak Is the New Black, Cannes Versus Toronto, " George Clooney, Michael Haneke, Protest, Toronto Film Festival, Michael Moore, "Brand Israel" Controversy, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News

Many of the biggest films coming to the Toronto Film Festival this year have inspired the motto from Telluride: "bleak is the new black."

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Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Red States, Health Care Protests, Tea Baggers, Barack Obama, Death Panels, Protest, Ohio, Socialism, Media, Health Care, Death Panel, Tea Bagging, Politics News

Instead of looking for the real story on health care, reporters across America are looking for ways to turn it into a better, more sensational tale. A small, loud minority is getting all of the attention.

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Health Care Town Hall in Chicago -- Let them Speak!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teabgging, Hitler, Moustache, Protest, Chicago, Rally, Obama, Health Care, Tea Party, Chicago News

I attended Jan Schakowsky's Town Hall in Skokie, Illinois Monday. All the anti-healthcare reform people want is for you to let them speak! Okay, we'll let them speak.

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New Protest Signs at Town Hall Rallies

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Rush Limbaugh, George Orwell, Media, Barack Obama, Fascism, Military, Sean Hannity, Health, Protest, Health Care Reform, Racism, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Socialism, Medicare, Tea Party, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Comedy, Politics News

If you haven't seen them, some clever folks started showing up at these town hall protests with faux signs that make light of these Fox-fed people ranting and raving about Nazis and whatnot.

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Protest and Progress in Pasadena

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Pasadena Educational Foundation, Invest in PUSD Kids, Pasadena Star-News, Activism, Protest, Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, Media Bias, Pico, School-Test-Scores, Living News

Social movements are built on small victories; stepping-stones that give people a sense of their collective power and whet their appetites for change -- a process that occurred this week in Pasadena.

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Obama as the Joker? Holy Dumbass, Batman!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall, Protest, Conservative, Socialism, Libertarian, Obama Joker, Batman, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

In the films, Batman is all about doing the dirty work that the public needs, but doesn't necessarily want. Sound familiar?

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Weekly Pulse: Mob Scene

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check, Gun, Weekly Pulse, Seiu, Reform, The Progressive, Riots, Town Hall, The Media Consortium, Protest, George Tiller, Talking Points Memo, Tmc, Tea Party, Alternet, Healthcare, In These Times, Politics News

Republicans and their allies are pressuring Democratic healthcare reformers at townhall meetings around the country. Addie Stan has a blockbuster piece in AlterNet that exposes the network behind the mobs.

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A Message To America's Wingnuts: Hey, Slow Down! (VIDEO)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Tiller, Michele Bachmann, Wingnuts, Chuck Grassley, Protest, Glenn Beck Fox News, George Tiller Murder, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck an Inconvenient Book, Healt-Care-Reform, Health Care, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Comedy News

Summertime and the Republicans are crazy. I mean, literally crazy in a way that usually gets people kicked off public transportation.

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Courage Contagion: Social Influence in Protests

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fear, Neuroscience, Courage, Iran Election, Protest, Social Movements, Iran, Psychology, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Neda, Social Psychology, World News

The last few weeks in Iran have reminded us of many things we'd rather not remember about governments, and of at least one thing that we should remember about people: they can stand up for their beliefs even when doing so poses great risk.

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Tel Aviv Bicyclists Protest In Thongs (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Jerusalem, Helmet, Biking, Biking Legislation, Urban Cycling, Protest, Environment, Green, Tel Aviv, Bicycle, Pollution, Israel, Cycling, Bicyclists, Cycle, Bike Culture, Green News

Tel Aviv cyclists and roller bladers protested the lack of bike legislation in Israel wearing nothing but thongs and underwear. The cyclists argue tha...

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Hugo Chavez, Britain, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, Sunni, Violence, Paramilitary, Hezbollah, Iran, Taliban, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Basij, George W. Bush, Arab, Revolution, United States, Protest, Tiananmen Square, Shiite, Occupied Territories, Mass Movement, Iraq, John McCain, World News

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.

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Iran and America: The Spirit of 1908

John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Constitutional Revolution, Iran, 1908, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Russia, Britain, Twitter, Shah of Iran, Evangelical Christians, Cossacks, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Federalist Papers, Barack Obama, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Morgan Shuster, Islamic Republic of Iran, Basij, Regime Change, Middle East, Iran Protests, Protest, Tehran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, Tea Party, World News

Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.

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America's Prayer

Russell Simmons | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Cairo, Middle East, Barack Obama, Protest, Obama Interview With Dawn, Obama Pakistan, Obama Pakistan Interview, Obama First Interview With Pakistan, Pakistan, Obama Dawn Interview, Obama Pakistani Interview, First-Ever Inteview by US President, Obaam Pakistan Media, Obama, Politics News

Friday, Obama became the first U.S. president to do a one-on-one interview for any media outlet in Pakistan. This is how we fight terrorism; by promoting dialogue from a place of love and kindness.

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I Caught a Case of Iran Fever - And it's now a Pandemic

Taufiq Rahim | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, Iran, Tehran, Youth, Middle East, Election, Protest, Iran Election, Iran Protests, World News

The fight is not for the West and against Islam nor vice versa, but is rather a struggle for freedom pure and simple.

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Is Revolution Brewing in Iran?

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Revolution, Protest, Iran, Reovlution, Tehran, Iran Elections June 12, Khatami, Green Revolution, Ahmadinejad, Twitter Revolution, Iran-Elections-June-12, World News

The supreme leader of Iran has two clear choices: Save the fragile legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by calling for new elections, or move toward a system that increasingly looks like a dictatorship.

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World Naked Bike Ride Day PHOTOS (NSFW)

Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Slideshow, Baked Bike Ride, Naked, World Naked Bike Ride Day, Nsfw, Protest, World Naked Bike Ride, Green News

World Naked Bike Ride Day, typically observed on March 8, was inexplicably celebrated by a few people on World Environment Day, which was June 5 -- ea...

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On the Twentieth Anniversary of Tiananmen: It's Still the Economy, Stupid!

John Wagner Givens | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: College Students, Friedrich Van Hayek, Zhao Ziyang, Beijing-China, Inflation, Protest, Jobs, Economic Growth, China, China Economy, China Human Rights, Tiananmen Square, World News

The fact that Tiananmen has yet to have a sequel can be explained largely by the economic success of the regime since 1989.

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